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Commentary guidance -- Exercises -- 2:18 Underground / by Laurie Sansom & the NYT company. Ariadne ; Neil -- -- The Astronaut Wives Club / by Al Smith. Betty Grissom ; Mary Engle -- Balls / by Sarah Solemani. Carly -- Besieged : a play about war and the everyday / by Aisha Zia. Anna -- Black & white / by Al Smith. Corrina -- Blood wedding / by Federico García Lorca ; translated by Gwynne Edwards. Bride -- Blue moon over poplar / by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Peter ; Shirley -- The class / by Luke Barnes. Wayne -- Cold Comfort Farm / by Stella Gibbons ; adapted for the stage by Paul Doust. Flora ; Mr Neck -- Consensual / by Evan Placey. Diane ; Freddie -- Dancing at Lughnasa / by Brian Friel. Kate ; Michael -- DNA / by Dennis Kelly. Leah ; Richard -- The dream ticket / by Christopher Short. Kitty -- Dumped / by Daragh Carville. Franco -- Eating ice cream on Gaza Beach / by Shelley Silas. Rami -- Electricity / by Miriam Battye. Gus ; India -- The fall / by James Fritz. Two -- Flood / by Rory Mullarkey. Nat ; Roil -- Fluffy rabbit / by Paul Charlton. Boy -- Harm's way / by Zawe Ashton. Dawn -- The Holyland / by Daragh Carville. Rob -- Inside / by Philip Osment. Aswan ; Brownie -- Jekyll & Hyde / by Evan Placey. Florence -- Kes / by Barry Hines ; adapted for the stage by Lawrence Till. Billy -- Killing time / by Barrie Keeffe. Paul -- The kitchen / by Arnold Wesker. Paul -- The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby / by Charles Dickens ; adapted by David Edgar. Narrator -- Liminal / by Rebecca Manley. Lorna ; Simon -- Little Malcolm and his struggle against the eunuchs / by David Halliwel. Ann ; Ingham ; Scrawdyke -- Murder in the cathedral / by T. S. Eliot. Thomas Becket ; Women of Canterbury -- Oedipus the King / by Sophocles ; translated by Don Taylor. Oedipus -- Our days of rage / written and devised by and for the NYT company. Dee -- Out of me / by Jane Bodie. Billie ; Sasha -- Outright terror bold and brilliant / by Dan Rebellato. Simone -- Pigeon English / by Stephen Kelman ; adapted for the stage by Gbolahan Obisesan. Harri ; Harri -- Prince of Denmark / by Michael Lesslie. Laertes -- Private Peaceful / by Michael Morpurgo ; adapted for the stage by Simon Reade. Charlie ; Molly ; Tommo -- Razia Sultan / by Jamila Gavin. Razia -- Relish / by James Graham. Eddie -- The reluctant fundamentalist / by Mohsin Hamid ; adapted for the stage by Stephanie Street. Changez -- Ripple / by Monsay Whitney. Ronnie ; Sleep-Deprived Mum -- Silence / by Moira Buffini. Ethelred -- Skunk / by Zawe Ashton. Slinky -- Slick / by Ali Taylor. Joe -- Stars over Kabul / by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Razia Mother -- Tallman / by Dominic McHale. Mum ; Naz -- Tory Boyz / by James Graham. Nicholas -- UnStoned / by Amy Evans. Tilt -- The volunteer / by Michael Arditti. Mrs Small -- When you cure me / by Jack Thorne. Rachel -- Whose Shoes / by John Hoggarth. Fin -- The world's wife / by Carol Ann Duffy. Mrs Tiresias ; Pilate's wife -- Wuthering Heights / by Emily Brontë ; adapted for the stage by Stephanie Street. Cathy -- Zigger Zagger / by Peter Terson. Harry.

An exciting and invaluable collection of audition speeches, all chosen from plays produced by the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, spanning more than sixty years as one of the world's leading companies for young performers.Featuring seventy-five monologues by acclaimed writers such as Zawe Ashton, Moira Buffini, Carol Ann Duffy, Brian Friel, James Fritz, James Graham, Dennis Kelly, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Gbolahan Obisesan, Evan Placey, Sarah Solemani and Jack Thorne, the book offers rich and diverse roles ranging from teens to adults.Each audition speech also comes with invaluable supporting material - compiled by NYT Associate Artist Michael Bryher - to help you perform the piece to its maximum effect.